Child&#39;s chair.



M. L. .BHISTLE- CHILUb| CHAIR.

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Patented Apr. 9,1912.

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MARTIN NL; BEISTLILUOF SHIPPENSBURG', PENNSYLVANIA.

CHILDS CHAIR.

specificati@ of Letters Patent.

Patented Apre, 1912.

Application lred August 29, '1911. Serial No.4 846,695. i

To all 'whom t may concer/rv.

Be it known that I, MAnTIN L. BErsTLE, citizen of the United States,residing at Shippensburg, in ,the county of Cumberland and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inChildrens Chairs, of which kthe following port and used as a swing.

A further object is to provide a' folding chair capable of beingsuspended from the backof an ordinary chair .and used' as an linfantshigh chair, and which may be readily carried from place to place in theI manner of a sedan chair.

A further .object is to `provide a chair having the supporting legs, aswell as the side and back members thereof, pivotally mounted on thebottom of the seat so -as to permit the several 'parts to be .compactlyfolded.

' A further object isto provide for` rigidly holdingthe hailed shapedmembers constituting the supporting legs in lowered or operativeposition, and means interposed between the side and back members ofthechair for preventing Apivotal movement thereof.

A still further object of the invention is generally to improve 'thisclass of devices so as to increase their utility, durability andeciency.-

Further objects and advantages will-ap- 'pear lin thefollowing-description, it belng l understood 4that various chan-ges' inform, proportions and minor details of constructionrnay be 'resorted towithin the scope lofthe 'appended claims'.

For a full understanding of the invention Iand the men'ts thereof,refezen iste be had.W to the following descri tion and accompanyingdrawings, in whic Figure 1 is a perspective view of 4a. vnursery ere'offolded- .chair constructed in accordance with my invention.; Fig. 2 is adetail perspective View of the forward portion of the chair, showing themanner of locking the supporting legs in an operative position; Fig. 3is a side elevation partly in section, showing the device suspended froman ordinary chair'and used:

as an infants high chair; Fig. 4 is a perspective view, showing thedevice used. as a swing; Fig. 5 is a perspective view, looking at thebottom of the chair; Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view, showing thechair arranged as a commode;` 7 is a perspec- L tive view, showing thechair folded for transport-ation or storage.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the' following descrition and indicated 4in all the viewsof e drawings by the same referencecharacters. I

The improved nursery chair forming the subject matter of the presentinvention oomprises a seat 5, preferably rectangular in shape andhavingvlts lower face formed with transversely'disposed seating grooves6 ex' tending the entire width' of vthe seat from vfront to back andpreferably spaced ini wardly'from the adjacent :side edges thereof, as.shown. i

Depending from the seat 5, are supporting legs 7, each preferably formedfrom a single length of wire or other sui-table naaterial bent into theformof a substantially Ushaped bail, as shown, the opposite ends of eachbail being bent inwardly to forni bearing arms 8 terminating in.anguiarly disposed stop fingers 9 adapted tio-bearagainst the lowerface of the seat 5 and limit the outward pivotal movement of the legs inone direction when the latter are moved to lowered for o rativeposition. SecuredI to the bottom o the seat 5 and extending transverselyacross the grooves 6, arebrackets l0 having their intermediate portions'bent 'to produce sockets or bearings 11 for the .arms I8 so as topermit the legs 7 to be readily folded dat against thebottorn` of 'theseat, when desiredn Arranged opposite each linger 9,.is a 105 I block12, on which is pivotally mounted, at i3, a turn V.button or similarfastening device 14 adapted to bear against the adjacent ico finger 9'and thus hold the legs rigidly in lowered' position. It is obvious thatby turning the buttons 14 until they are disengaged :from the fingers 9and Aswinging the legs 7 inwardly and upwardly, said legs 'may be or eyereadily folded in contact with the bottom of the seat.

P ivotally mounted in `the grooves 6, are

lside members 15, each preferably formed. of

. a single length'of wire or other suitable niaterial having a portionthereof bent to pro-v duce a closed eye 16 and thence extended laterallyto form an arm 17 terminating in a hook 18'. The material formingl eachside member 15 is extended' upwardly at the backv of the chair andthrough the adjacent hook 18 to form a back member 19, each' back memberhaving its upper end bent downwardly to produce a terminal hook 20 bymeans of which the device may be readily sus ended from the back of anordinary chair and used as a babys high chair.

c -The vertical portions of the back 'members 19, are connected byatransverse bar 20 'constituting'a back rest, there being grooves '21formed 'in the rear face of the bar and adapted to receive the adjacentportionsof said members and Vtolwhich it is secured by turn buttons 22.

4 'p Extending; across the front of vthe chair' and connecting the 'arms17 thereof, is a 'similar brace 23 which serves the dual func'- tion ofmaintaining the arms 17 in proper spaced. relation to each other, andalso' as a means for preventingthe childV from falling out of thechain.- The lower face of the -brace 23 is formed with transversegrooves 24 adapted to receive the arms 17, there being turn buttons 25pivotally mounted on the lower face of the brace 23 and adapted to beswung transversely across and in contact with said arms 17 for'thepurpose of detachably securing the brace 23 1n-position v against theloops or eyes 16, while the han- ,dles 26 are loosely mounted on thearms 17 and are interposed between the back member and rear longitudinaledge vof the brace 23Y so as to assist in holding said' brace inposition on the arms 17. Similar handles or spacing members 26 are alsopreferably mounted von the back sectionv and interposed between thehooks 18 and back lrest 20 toassist in retaining the latter in properposition on said back section.

lThe seat 5 is preferably provided with an opening 27 so thatv the chairmay be used as a commode, when desired, said opening be-` ling closedbya lidor cover v28 when the.

chair is used in the ordinary manner. When the device is used as an.ordinary nursery chair,fthe legs or bails 7 vare swung downo/wardly andlocked in position by the turn buttons 14, after which the child isseated in the chair and the forward bar or brace 23 `fastened on thearms 17 in the mannerl before described. f

In using the device as a babys high chair, the legs vare either left inlowered position or swung upwardly in contact with the base of the seatand -said chairsuspended from the upper panelof an ordinary chair 29, as

indicat'edin Fig. 3 of the drawings. When lit isdesired to use the chairas a swing, the

legs or bails 7.are swung upwardly 1n contact with the bottom of thechair 'andsuitable suspension elements, such as ropes 30, attached tothe limb of a treeor other support and connected withl said chair, asbest shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. of each suspension element 30 isformed with a loop 31 adapted to 4itiover 'the adjacent hook 20, whiletheother end thereof is provided with a snap hook 32 adapted to engagethe adjacent eye or loop 16. With the chair suspended in this manner,the latter may be used as an ordinary swing..

. When the chair 'is not 1n use,'the transverse 4bar 20 and brace 23,are detached,-

after which the supporting legs or bails 7 are swung upwardly andinwardlyvin contactwith the bottom of the seat andone of the sidemembers swun laterally on its pivotal axis 'in contact with the upper face of the seat and the other side member swung laterally, downwardlyand upwardly in contact with the lower face of the seat, as best shownin Fig. 7 of the drawings, and in which y position, the parts arecompactly -folded for transportation or storage.

It will vhere be noted that thel eyes or loops 16 not only formabutments for the forward transverse bar or brace 23, butalso serve as ameans to permit the attachment of the suspension element 30, while thehooks,

20 servethe dual functionl of support-ing One end the device from a chair and as a means for engagement with said suspension element when thechair is used as a swing. It will also be noted that the brackets 11serve yto retain both `theside members '15 and sup-- porting hails orlegs 7 -in position on th bottom of saidchair. f

l It will of course be understood that'the chairs may be made indiiferent sizes. and shapes, and the `metal .portions thereof nickeled,j apanned or otherwise coated to protect these parts from thel act-ion ofvthe elements and also to give a neat, attractive appearance to thechair. Having thusy described the` invention, what is claimed'as new is:t

1. A folding nursery chair including a seat, side members pivotallymounted on the seat andv having vertical extensions constil tuting aback section, said extensions termi# nating in suspenslon devices, abrace having grooves .formed therenii-t'o receive the exin position.

tensions of the side members, a second brace `connecting lthe sidemembers and having Apivotally mounted on the braces and overlapping t-hegrooves for retaining the braces 2. A folding nursery chair, including aseat, side members pivotally mounted on the seat and having rearextensions adapted to constitute back members, and also having front-'yVextensions formed ivith laterally extendingr "endport-ions connected tothe'back members and vconstituting armv rest membersfa :bracehavinggrooves formed therein 'towreceivel `said^a`rm rest members at thefrdtWthereof, fastening devices pivotally mounted on said brace andadapted to overlap the grooves for retaining the brace in position, andspacing members mounted on the arm rest members and interposed betweenthe back members and the rear edge of said brace and bearing against thelatter,

- for the purpose specified.

3. A foldin nursery chair, including a seat, side mem ers pivotallymounted on the seat and having vertical extensions consti* tut-ing aback section, abrace having grooves formed transversely in its rear faceto receive the extensions vof the side members, a second braceconnecting the side members and having transverse grooves in its underside for the reception of said side members, and fastening devicespivotally mounted on t-he rear and under faces of the respective bracesadjacent the grooves therein to extend across the grooves and the sidemembers and retain the braces in engagement -With the side members.

4. A folding nursery chair, including a seat, side members pivotallymounted on the *s'eatand embodying arm rest members havingA stops formedVat their front ends, a brace resting on the arm rest membersand againstthe stops at the front thereof, fastening devices secured to said braceand adapted to engage the arm rest members to retain the members inposition, and spacing members mounted on the arm rest members andengaging the rear edge of the brace and the back of said members, posespecified.

In testimony whereof I alix my signa ture in presence of two Witnesses.

MARTIN L. BEISTLE. [L. s] Witnesses:

RUTH A. GREIDER, M. J. BIGLER.

for the pur-

